• The Ghost

  • Highland Guard Series, Book 12
  • By: Monica McCarty
  • Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
  • Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (419 ratings)

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The Ghost

By: Monica McCarty
Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
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Joan Comyn swore allegiance to Robert the Bruce the day she witnessed England's barbarous king torturing her famous mother, Scot patriot Bella MacDuff. Now the mysterious beauty slips into men's hearts like a specter and entices England's most illustrious barons to unwittingly divulge their secrets, then shares them with her king. Known only as the Ghost, even among her Highland Guard brethren, Joan has become the most wanted traitor in England.

The man determined to uncover her identity poses her biggest threat yet. Alex Seton once stood with Bruce but now fights for the enemy. Though Joan knows she must avoid the handsome warrior or risk discovery, his knightly chivalry touches a place in her long since buried. When his suspicions grow apparent, Joan realizes she must do everything in her power to stop Alex from revealing her mission and convince the powerful fighter to join forces with the Highland Guard once more. But as the ultimate battle in the great war approaches, will Alex choose love or honor?

©2016 Monica McCarty (P)2016 Tantor

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"This captivating blend of medieval fact and romantic fiction has plenty of twists and turns, and is a highly satisfying conclusion to a well-crafted series." ( Publishers Weekly)

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The End!

Joan and Alex...this was an unexpected pairing for the series. I loved it and I loved their story. I thought that Joan was a wonderful character and that what she went through was remarkable. I am literally shocked that people made it through this time period. We love to romanticize it, but it was a tough life with a lot of horrible people and things being done to people. Women locked in cages, be-headings, people being drawn and quartered. I don't want to spoil anything, but I loved the epilogue, I loved hearing from the entire Highland Guard.

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Great series

Great end to a great series. If you haven't started this series yet, start at the beginning and go in order.

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Addictive

The whole series blends into each other - great story, great narrator & great author.
Great background for Scottish history buffs. Hopefully Monica McCarty will start another series,

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Highly recommended!

I truly enjoyed this wonderful ending to the series. It has a beautiful love story, battle and rescue scenes, brotherhood, forgiveness and redemption plus closure all in one.

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Very well written

It was an awesome adventure! The narration was great. The mix of history and romance was refreshing this particular story was my favorite. I would like to have had more about Robert the Bruce.

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Romance and a strong female character

It's nice to come across a highlander romance that actually has a risk-taking female character who endeavors in what are typically masculine domains (politics and spying).

Very respectable, if not perfect, narration by Anthony Ferguson.

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★★★★★~𝟓~𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫'𝐬!!

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬,❣️ 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 ❥❥𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 & 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧❥❥ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞,🥰

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Unrealistic

Who can believe a grown man, who is a prudish virgin and has avoided sex, can make love his first time as described in this book. Otherwise, it is a good story.

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Monica thank you for this fantastic series!

Joan becomes 'The Ghost' for Robert the Bruce. Joan,'s
Mother was put in a cage by the English King. Joan became
a spy to help the Scottish King and people. A warrior
appears in Joan's life, will love happen? Great Narrator!

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Very enjoyable

I love this author’s Highland romances. I literally can not put the book down. Incredible!

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